Children's Department

Norleen Knoll Head Child's Librarian


Norleen Knoll
Children's Department Librarian

norleenknoll@yahoo.com

Spring Schedule available!

Many programs require advance registration - read on for more information:
Regular programs and activities
Special Events


Hays USD 489 schools have a new way to locate Accelerated Reader books - online! The School District has unified its AR lists and books may be looked up at www.arbookfind.com. Use this link in conjunction with our online catalog to locate AR books.

Holy Family Elementary maintains a separate AR list that is available for reference at the Children's Department Circulation Desk.

AR BookFinder

Pictures of a few past events . . .

The Beginners' Chess Tournament is always a popular spring activity.
Read Across Kansas

During Read Across Kansas we tallied the number of books read by Ellis County children over a one-week period and filled a map of Kansas with Jayhawks to reflect the impressive numbers.
Read Across Kansas

WKSA Pajama Concert and Story Time
Students and faculty of the Western Kansas String Academy performed
while stories featuring the musical world were read.
PJ 1 PJ 2 PJ 3